How it works
Prerequisites
- Kaalia of the Vast does not have summoning sickness.
- An opponent cannot block and kill Kaalia of the Vast.
- That opponent cannot block Master of Cruelties.
Steps
- 1Declare Kaalia of the Vast as an attacker.
- 2Kaalia of the Vast triggers, causing you to put Master of Cruelties from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
- 3When Master of Cruelties isn't blocked, it triggers, causing defending player's life total to become 1 and causing Master of Cruelties to deal no combat damage this turn.
- 4Kaalia of the Vast deals lethal combat damage to defending player.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Spicy tier?
Spellbook classifies this as Spicy — not for these brackets.